49 withdraw from electoral race

KATHMANDU: The Election Commission (EC) has stated that 49 candidates have withdrawn their nominations filed for the House of Representatives elections.

In a regular press briefing at the Election Commission Office in Kathmandu on Friday, EC Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said 49 candidates pulled out of the electoral race.

As per the election program published by the EC, candidacies could be filed between 10 am and 1 pm on Friday.

The EC had received complaints against five candidates. After studying the complaints, the EC canceled the nomination of one candidate in Kailali-1, while the remaining four complaints were dismissed.

The EC will now publish the final list of candidates and assign election symbols to them.

A total of 3,487 candidates had filed nominations for the elections.